Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR ——___»—___— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. aT THE s. S4 SHEET Stan $1.00 : Se tered at the uj a . fs second-class matter.) parse: #7 A)l mall subscriptions mnst be paid in advance. Rates of atvertising made known on application Vor 84, No. 20,780. Che Zvening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. § IN CONGRESS TODAY. Still Discussing the Tariff Bill in the House. SPEECHES BOTH FOR AND AGAINST {f. But Little Business Transacted in the Senate. | LONG EXECUTIVE SESSION. There was a fair attendance on the floor and in the galleries when the House met at 11 o'clock. Mr. McCreary (Ky.), chairman of the com- mittee on foreign affairs, reported back the resolution of Mr. Hitt (ill.), which was in- troduced a week ago and referred to that committee. | The Hitt Resolution. | The resolution requests the President to communicate to the House, if not inconsist- ent with the public interest, all information received since his message of December 14, 1893, or which has not been transmitted therewith, and is now in his possession, touching recent reported events in the Ha- watian Islands, or any attempt to overturn the government therein, and whether any Officer or vessel of the United States has taken any part im these events, and by ‘whose orders. should Me on the table temporarily with- out losing its privilege, and this was order- The Speaker’s table being cleared of all executive communications and Senate bills, the committees were called for reports, and Bone being forthcoming the House, at 11:15) & m., went into committee of the whole to ler the tariff bill, with Mr. Richard- son (Tenn.) in the chair. Tariff Debate Resumed. Mr. Brosius (Pa.) was recognized and com- pleted the speech in which he was interrupt- ed when the House took a recess at 5:30 yesterday. To show the limited extent to which local goods were used even in the States of this country, he read an amusing description which the late Henry W. Grady gave of a burial in Georgia. He said the grave was cut through the solid rock of a marble quarry, yet the tombstone over his head came from Vermont. He was buried in the depths of a pine forest, yet his pine coffin came from Cincinnati. He was laid within touch of an iron mine, yet the nails in his coffin were imported from Pittsburg. ‘He wore a coat from New York and shoes Cincinnati, leaving him nothing to car- zy imto the next world to remind him of the country which was his home but the chilled blood in his veins and the n§arrow in his bones. (Laughter and applause). Mr. Everett for the Bill. Mr. Everett (Mass.), the civil servige re- former and tariff reformer, took the floor. He said he was going to vote for this bill, because he had believed for years that such @ measure as this was demanded by patri- otic considerations, and he was proud to be- long to the democratic party, which was pushing forward in this reform. (Democrat- ic applause). Three years ago the republican party ad- mitted that a revision of the tariff laws was necessary, but insisted that this revision should be left in the hands of the friends of the tariff. The republican party came into power in 1888, and they did revise the tariff; they “revised it with a vengeance” | Gaughter). And before the ink on the Mc- Kinley was fairly dry, the popular revo- lution came at the polls, and the demand for a revision of the tariff went forth, not that ft should be amended by its friends, | but by the democratic party. (Democratic! applause.) He thought the Wilson bill did not go far enough. Its free list was not wide enough; but he accepted it as the best! thing that could be obtained at this time. “The objection to tariff tinkering,” said Mr. Everett, “comes with very bad grace from those who have changed the tariff} some ten times since the protective policy = adopted in the Congress of and He was surprised to see that the Ameri- can workingman could be made to encour- age and support a restrictive and contrac- tive and oligarchical system which savored of the feudalism of old world states. Free Ships, Free Ores, Free Iron. “Give us free ships! Give us free ores! Give us free iron!” said Mr. Everett. He defended in particular the clauses of the Wilson bill which made works of art and books free. It was a mistake to suppose that works of art were luxuries intended enly for the rich and cultured. The ex- hibition at Chicago showed that every- thing of beauty, everything which appealea to the heart, was appreciated far more by the poor and uneducated than undred. by the rich be pleased. Works of genius belong to no ene country, but are the products of the World.” (Applause.) He wished the bill had gone a step fur- ther; that books had been put on the free Uist; and he asserted that a book was not & manufactured article. Literature was ‘ways the ie. Shakespeare was the same in the fol of 1623 as in the latest and paper-covered editions. The put- cheapest ting of books on the free list was opposed by the printers, who feared that the poorly printers of Europe would be put in eee with them. ir. verett was enthusiastically lauded by the democrats when he took his Seat and when the disorder had subsided Mr. Black (Ga.) spoke in favor of the bill. He or rage by Mr. Pendleton, at col of whose remarks Mr. |.¥.) addressed the House. cars Mr. Payne Against the Bill. Mr. Payne began with a declaration that | the result of the election of 1992 was not | the deliberate declaration of the people of | the United States in favor of a reversal of the policy of protection, which had ob- tained for the past thirty years, as the democrats had made a special plea that @ny readjustment made would equalize the | @ifference between wages here and in Eu-| Fope. No petitions had come up to the ‘ways and means committee in favor of the | Proposed measure. He had been at a loss & understand upon what theory the bilil| was constructed. It is announced in the| title that it was “‘an act to provide revenue | for the government,” but it reduced the | revenue nearly seventy-six millions of dol- lars on the basis of the Importations of | 4898. It would more properly be labeled “a bill to cut off the revenues of the gov- ment.” The gentleman from Mississippi had said the other day that it was a step| im the right direction—two more such steps absolutely cut off all revenue from tariff taxation and usher in the millennium | ‘which some of our friends from Ohio have | Bo long desired—when all custom houses Shall be razed to the ground. It was not in any sense a protective tar- if, although it had some protective feat- ures in it, probably through accident. | Mr. Payne made a strong attack upon the il as a sectional measure, referring to} cut of duties on northern agricultural ts. while southern staples were pro- He instanced the S4 per cent duty jouthern rice, and the high duty on soathern lumber. j le democratic principle of local tariff, he declared, had asserted itself. He spoke | oi changes, which he intimated had been | | Proposition, and said: made at the request of democratic politi- cians, whose interests were affected. Hay « Cotton Contrastean The annual hay crop of this country, said Mr. Payne, is worth four hundred millions of dollars, the cotton crop three hundred and five millions of dol- lars, and yet so important was the cotton crop in the eyes of the com- mittee that they put cotton ties on the free Mst and make a special provision for a re- bate on cotton bagging that applies to no other article in the whole bill. They had totally overlooked the question of free ties for baling the farmer’s hay. He then paid attention to the free wool “Make wool free,and you destroy one-half of the flocks of the country. Free coal may benefit the Whit- ney syndicate, which seems to control the coal mines of Nova Scotia and New Bruns- wick. Free iron ore may open up some of the mines in the West Indies and bring labor and wages to the people there. But this would be no compensation for the loss of wages to as many American citizens thrown out of business here."* Mr. Payne drew a glowing picture of the extent and importance of the agricultural resources of New York, developed by adap- tation to tariff conditions, and spoke of the disastrous effect the bill would have in opening up free competition in Canada. The more he examined this bill, he said, the more he was convinced of the astuteness of that Canadian member of parliament who stated that Canada got more out of the Wil- son bill, without giving anything in re- turn, than she could have hoped to obtain by the most favorable reciprocity treaty.” Mr. Payne attacked the pearl button schedule, and also sustained Mr. s in his protest axainst the reduction of the duties on shirts, collars and cuffs. He also opposed putting salt on the free list. After showing that this bill would work misfortune to every working man and to every industry, and charging that the pres- ent business prostration was due to the boast of the democratic party that it would reduce the tariff, Mr. Payne said, in con- “You may in mock heroism brave the workingman's anger and vote ior this bil, bidding adieu to public life. But you can- not in after years escape the contempla- tion of your work. I wait you gentlemen to amend this bill only as suits your own Sweet wills. Put all the direct and wer taxes upon it you choose, fix it even to suit the Ohio free trader, who was so vociferous- ly applauded by you. Then, when you nave perfected it, I shall stand ready to vote to strike out its enacting clause tha: it may remain as a monument io your folly. I shall do this to make safe the present law which gave us the three most prospero: years of our national life. I shall do this because the bill will encourage fraud and perjury, will drive the hoaast from the business, will put a direct, u:ven- sive and inquisitorial tax upon our pecy ie, will give a gratuity to the suxar producer without a farthing of benefit to ihe evun- try, will foster the interests of secticns at the expense of others, will impover:sh our farmer, destroy his wool industry, leave him defenseless against the tobacco of Sumatra, give his market for barley’ to Canada, for hops to Wermany, erippie by reduction of their purchusing power the consumer of his vegetables, his pouiiry. his dairy products, his small fruits, home market and, because i: wil Ha to reduce labor to the level of its foreign im- poverished rival, will stop many a wheel, put out many a forge, bring poverty and want to American homes, sap the manhvod of American citiens ani continue the blight of poverty and want and huager and cold which has recently overtaken the pec- ple of a country, one year ago th ousiest, the most prosperous, the must progressive, the happiest and the most mdependent the At the ‘tonchision of Mr. Payne's speech Mr. Simpson (Kan.) took the floor. THE SENATE. In presenting the petition of a labor as- sociation in Massachusetts in favor of the Wilson tariff bill, which was indorsed by 24 other labor organizations, Mr. Hoar (Mass.) remarked cynically that the mem- bers of those organizations were very much interested in the reduction of the hours of labor, and that if the Wilson bill became a law their desire would be attained, be- cause it would prevent their "having any hours of labor at all. Mr. Allen (Neb.) offered a resolution di- recting the ‘Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate from what source or sources the gold coin of the country (out- side of the treasury) was increased to the amount of $86,869,000 during the fiscal year, as stated in his recent report. Mr. Allison (Iowa) asked Mr. Allen to read the passage in the Secretary's report on which the resolution was based. Mr. Allen did so, and said that there was tly a mistake in the report some- where and that his sole purpose was to Fave that mistake corrected. After further colloquy the resolution was agreed to. In_ presenting -numerous petitions from operatives in Connecticut against the Wil- son tariff bill Mr. Hawley (Conn.) com- mented upon newspaper utterances to the effect that the people who signed such petitions did so by order of their employ- ers, and said that no greater insult could be offered to New England operatives than to attempt to give them such an order. In Executive Session. On motion of Mr. Gray (Del.) the Senate, at 12:30 p.m., proceeded to the considera- tion of executive business. —+-o+-______ WANT TO FIGHT, Bat It Seems Doubtful if Capt. Rhodes Will Be Successful. It has already been shown in The Star that the action of Capt. J. D. Rhodes of this city in pretending to enlist men for service in the Brazilian army was without the sanction or authority of the Brazilian government and was discountenanced by the State ahd War Departments. Capt. Rhodes kept on his career of recruiting until he ran up against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., with disastrous results. When he had induced about a hundred mis- guided persons in different parts of the country to consent to go to Brazil, he wrote to the agent of the railroad for in- formation as to rates to New York, which he said had been selected as the place of embarkation. The agent prudently consult- ed with the Brazilian minister with the re- sult that Capt. Rhodes was notified that the railroad found it would be unable to make special rates for the transportation of his mythical troops. Senor Mendonca, the minister's son and secretary, does not hesitate to denounce Rhodes and his en- lstment scheme. “When the America and the Nictheroy were being fitted out in New York some weeks ago,” he said yesterday, “Rhodes came to my father and unfolded his scheme for raising a troop of sharpshooters for ser- vice under the Brazilian flag. My father told him he would have nothing to do with such an affair and would give him no au- thority, as it was beyond his power to do so. Several times since then the minister has written and telegraphed Rhodes that he should stop his misrepresentations, but it has seemed to do no good.” -~——__— +@+ - The Marines Thanked. Capt. P. St. C. Murphy, who commanded the United States marines at the Columbian exposition, has received a letter from Direc- | tor General Davis thanking the detachment for their services. me Mr. Milliken’s Sprained Ankle. Representative Milliken of Maine, several days ago triy who ed as he was going praining his ankle very well, al- e house. imporier | THE TREASURY. Its Condition is not Considered by Congress. a ee ee SECY CARLISLE'S ANXIETY ABCOT If. The Question of a Bond Issue and Factional Opposition THE REPUBLICAN POSITION. The “condition of the treasury” is the | shuttlecock which is being bandied between the factions in Congress. They are taking advantage of this helpless, lean, hungry “condition” to cuff it first on one side and then the other. While Mr, Carlisle is clamoring for relief, assuring both the House and Senate that the government is running into bankruptcy rapidly, and that something must be done, they receive his appeals with a cold and stony stare, and evince no interest in giv- ing the relief sought. There appears to be @ very slim chance for any legislative ac- tion authorizing an issue of bonds. If the necessities of the situation compel it, Mr. Carlisle will probably have to act upon the authority already given for bonds at a high interest. It is held, however, by the oppo- nents of a bond issue that, having referred this question to Congress, Mr. Carlisle will not dare to issue bonds on his own respon- sibility, ‘The Lines Sharply Drawn. ‘The lines are very sharply drawn on this Question, and the real fight is one between the advocates of bonds, national banks and @ single gold standard on the one side, and the advocates of an income tax, state bank repeal and silver coinage on’ the other. The latter class regard the poverty-stricken condftion of the treasury as a blessing to their cause, and believe that if they can prevent an issue of bonds, the exigencies of the case will compel the acceptance of their proposition. They insist that if over and above will not permit it except from an in money cannot | as speedily as igency must be money is to be raised the present income they to come from any source ‘come tax, and that if the be derived from this source needed the immediate ex- met ky the issue of certifi- cates against the surplus silver bullion in the treasury. Their fight is not so much on account of their opposition to an in- crease of the public debt as a desire to avail themselves of this Opportunity to compel the legislation which they wish. The Republican Position. There is considerable opposition on the Part of republicans to an issue of bonds, but this opposition has an entirely differ- ent basis. Their position is that the Har- rison administration reduced the public debt materially and that it should be the Policy of the party to assert and maintain the wisdom of this reduction, and not in Permit the democrats to -make an issue of bonds upon the plea that it is to meet de- ficiencies brought about by the ad- ministration. Mr. Walker's to have the government borrow money in anticipation of revenues-on notes for six months or more of trade is very generally favored by the republicans as contemplating no perma- nent increase in the public lebt, and the probabilities are that if anything at all ts done for the relief of the treasury this or will be adopted by way of compro- mi The London Bond Story. Information cabled from London that if the United States will take action within a month Londop banks might be induced to subscribe for at least half of a proposed United States fifty million 3 per cent bond issue, was received with contemptuous laughter, when shown to treasury officials this morning. “London banks need not exercise their minds on this matter,” said one of Mr. Carlisle's chief advisers. “If Congress should give authority to the treasury to issue 3 per cent bonds, not the slightest difficulty would be found in floating two hundred millions or more among our own people without troubling London to sub- scribe for go small an amount as twenty- five millions.” The matter having been commended to Congress by the President’s message and Secretary Carlisle’s report the department, it is authoritatively said, will await Con- gressional action. Statements that the Sec- retary contemplates falling back upon the authority given under the resumption act to issue 4 and 41-2 per cent bonds are dis- credit.. + e+ __-—-— NO COMMITTEE MEETIN Laid Up With The Senate District committee could not muster a@ quorum this morning and conse- quently the regular meeting was not held. The committee is under unusual disadvan- tages just at present. Senator Faulkner is on his wedding trip and will not return for several days yet. Senator Gibson is in such poor health that it is with difficulty that he attends the sessions of the Senate. Senator Smith is ill at his home in New Jersey. Senator Wolcott is still in Paris, where he recently had a severe surgical operation performed. The wife of Senator Hans- brough fs quite ill, and he is unable to be at the Capitol. Senator Martin is tempora- rily under the weather. This leaves as the only available members of the committee Senators Harris, Hunton, McMillan, Ballin- ger and Proctor, one less than a quorum. ——> WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. December’s Operations on the Tun- nel Reported by Col. Elliot. Col. George H. Elliot, corps of engineers, has made a report to the War Department of the work of improving the receiving res- ervoir of the Washington aqueduct during the month of December. The excavation of the main drainage tunnel was carried on night and day. Careful work was necessi- tated by the fact that the tunnel was :p- proaching tunnel No. 4, through which is.| carried the entire water supply of the city. At the end of the month the heading was 41-2 feet beyond the point of crossing. The rock is solid and appears likely to contiaue so until all danger to the aqueduct tunnel has been passed. From the beginning of the work to the end of the month the tunnel has been driven a distance of 619 feet. The excavation of the shaft in Little Falls val- ley was also carried on without interrup- tion. Contracts have been awarded to Mc- Mahon, Porter & Company of New Cumber- land, W. Va., for furnishing 110,000 vitrified brick, and to the Frederick, Md., brick works for 380,000, During present month it is proposed to complete the ex- cavation of the shaft and to continue the tunnel. No work was done at Great Falls during the past month, but many repairs were made to the Conduit road. he New Jersey Bridge Bill. Secretary Lamont has set Monday after- noon at 2:80 o'clock for hearing the sub- committee of the chamber of commerce appointed to protest against favorabie action on the New York and New Jersey bridge bill. Those in favor of the bill have the privilege of appearing at the hearing. “equivalent to the I O U's |, | THE BLAND COINAGE BILL. A Favorable Report on It Ordered by the Oommittes. A Strictly Silver and Anti-Silver Vote in Committee—Provisions of the Bill. The House committe on coinage, weights and measures has ordered a favorable re- port on the Bland bill, providing for the coinage of the silver bullion now held in the treasury. The vote was 9 to 8—strictly silver and anti-silver. The bill provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately issue silver cer- tihcates against the selgniorage silver, amounting to $55,156,681, which shall be im- mediately available for the payment of cur- rent government expenses, and that the seigniorage silver issue shall be coined as fast as possible into dollars, to be held in the treasury for the redemption of the cer- tificates, ‘The second section provides that the re- mainder of the silver bullion purchased un- der the Sherman act shall be coined as fast as practicable, and the dollats shall be held for the redemption of treasury notes issued for its purchase. The certificates are to be canceled as fast as the silver is coined for redemption, and silver certificates may be issued on such coin. Mr. Bland will report the bill at the earli- est: possible moment, the committee being privileged in that respect. Mr. Oates (Ala.), who has a bill of similar import before the committee, expressed his satisfaction at the action of the committee. “It is not exactly what my bill provided, but it will serve to meet the present exi- gency,” he said, “It will provide the money to pay pressing abilities and obviate the necessity of a bond issue. The bullion is in the treasury, and what else can you do with it? The outstanding certificates can- not be redeemed with it; it must first be coined.” The detailed vote stood as follows: Aye— Messrs. Kilgore (Tex.), Bland (Mo.), Epes (Va.), Stone (Ky.), Allen (Miss.), Bankhead (Ala.), Coffeen (Wyo.), McKeighan (Neb.) id Sweet (Idaho), 9. No—Messrs, Tracey (N. Y.), Rayner (Md.), Harter (Ohio), C. W. Stone (Pa.), Johnson (N. D.), Dingley (Me.), Hager (Iowa) and Aldrich (Ill.), 8 THE INCOME TAX. Decided to Report It in a Separate BL. The income tax and the other internal revenue features of the tariff bill will, as predicted, be reported as a separate meas- ure. This conclusion was reached at the meeting of the committee this morning by a vote of 6 to 5. Those who voted in she affirmative were Messrs. Wilson (W. Va.), Breckinridge (Ark.), Stevens (Mass.), Cock- ran (N. Y.), Montgomery (Ky.) and Bynum dind.). Messrs. Ryan (Neb.), McMillin (Tenn.), Tarsney (Mo.), Turner (Ga.) and Whiting (Mich.) opposed the proposition. It was be- Meved, however, that the incorporation of the income tax in the tariff bill would se- riously endanger the fate of the latter, cnd this consideration was ‘sufficiently potent to receive the support of the majority of the committee. It was further decided to report the internal revenue bill on Thurs- day next. No suggestion was made at to- day's meeting looking to any increase in the whisky tax beyond that already agresi upon by the committee, nor is any likely . be named. A Bill to Extend Ita Jurisdiction to Be Favorably Reported. The House judiciary committee today favorably reported Mr. Culberson’s bill to extend the jurisdiction of the Police Court of the District. The biil provides that in all cases tried before that court the judgment of the court shall be final, except as here- inafter provided. If, upon the trial of any such cause, an exception be taken by any defendant to any ruling or instruction of the court upoy matter of law, the same shall be reduced to writing and stated in a bill of exceptions, with so much of the evi- dence as may be material to the question raised, which said bill of exceptions shall be settled and signed by the judge; and if, upon presentation to any justice of the District Court of Appeals of a verified petition setting forth the mat- ter excepted to, such justice shall be of opinion that the same ought to be re- viewed, he may allow a writ of error in the cause, which shall issue out of the Court of Appeals, addressed to the judge of the Police Court, who shall forthwith send up the information filed in the cause and a transcript of the record therein, certified under the seal of the Police Court, to the Court of Appeals for review and such action as the law may! require. Any defendant desiring the benefit of the provisions of this | section shall give notice in open court of his | intention to apply for a writ of error upon such exceptions, an Pro- vided, That the defendant shall enter into recognizance with sufficient surety, to be approved by the judge of the Police Court, condicioned that in the event of a denial of his application for a writ of error he will within five days appear in the Police Court and abide by its judgment, and in the event of the granting of the writ of error he will appear in the Court of Appeals and prosecute it. Upon the failure to make the recognizance the sentence of the Police Court shall stand and be executed, pending proceedings upon the application of the writ of error. + e+ The Shooting of Capt. Hedberg. Lieut. Col. George H. Burton of the in- spéector general's department reported to the War Department this morning that he had completed the investigation of the ad- ministration of affairs at the military post at Fort Sheridan, which also included an investigation of the circumstances that led to the killing of Capt. Alfred Hedberg by Lieut. Maney. Col. Burton had an in- terview with Secretary Lamont on the sub- ject, the result of which is not known. It is understood, however, that he has not yet completed the preparation of his official report, and until that is submitted it is not likely that any action will be taken by the department in the matter. This investiga- tion is said to have been inspired by charges made by the wife of the deceased to the effect that Capt. Hedberg had been perse- cuted at the military post and that his death was the result of gross laxity in the discipline maintained at Fort Sheridan. Both Dismissed. The light house at Lower Cedar Point, Maryland, was destroyed by fire Christmas night. The circumstances of the fire were investigated by officers of the light house establishment and as a result of their re- port Acting Secretary Curtis today directed the removal of Benjamin R. Grymes, jr., keeper, and John Field, assistant keeper of the light house. This action was based on the recommendation of the light house board. The report of the investigating committee showed that the keeper was ab- sent without leave at the time of the fire, and that the assistant keeper, who was the only one present at the time, displayed de- cidedly more interest in protecting his own property than in Jooking after that of the government. The President today signed the commis- sion of Mr. A. A. Wilson as United States marshal of the District, and he will qualify at his own convenience. Act Approvea. The President has approved the act re- lating to the disqualification of registers and receivers of the United States land offices. . Result of a Foolhardy Ride in Balti- SIX WERE DROWNED.| more Harbor. SAILORS TRIED T0 REACH THEIR SHIP. The Wind Blew a Gale and They Capsized. WORK OF THE POLICE BOAT. Secale BALTIMORE, Jan. 12.—This morning's gale cost six lives in Baltimore's harbor. The names of the drowned men are: Neal Finlayson, Wm. H. Nelson, Robert J. Wil- son, John Hughes and an unkaown sailor of the British ship Mareca and Peter Sa- franski, a ferryman. Three were rescued by the crew of the police boat Lannon. The doctors xt the City Hospital spent several hours in restor- ing animation in their almost lifeleas forms. Unless pneumonia sets in they wiil live. Their names are James Carr, Harry Green and A, Verman. With the exception of Safranski the men all belonged to the British steame: Marea. At about 2 o’clock this morning the sui!- ors employed the ferryman wo row them from the foot of Broadway over to their vessel, The wind was blowing a gale. "The boat was swamped before it had gone 300 yards. The cries of the J-owning men were heard on board the police teat Lan- non, and its search light reveaiel the struggling men in the freeziag waters. One of the Lannon’s boats was Immediately launched, but before it reacaed the spot six of the men had disappeared. In attempting the rescue -f the three re- maining men the boat was swampel, throw- ing Lieut. Napier and his two meh mtv the water. The crew then did noble work. Grasping the exhausted sailors Napier and his men supported their inanimate forms and held their pace arte water until lls broug! elp. Oca hom the Mareca, manned by six sailors, came none too soon, The benumlel men were drawn into the boat and hastily conveyed to the hospital. All of the drown- ed seamen belonged in Englan4. — FOR BRUTAL “MURDER. Samuel Welsor Hanged at St. Louis This Mo io ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 12.—Samuel Welsor was hanged at 8:02 a.m. this morning. Sam Welsor’s crime was the cold-blooded murder of Clementine Manning. an aban- doned woman, on August 4, 1890. Seven years ago Weisor met the woman. She was then in the social gutter, after a brief but wild career of debauchery, but was still handsome and mentally gifted above those of her class. Welsor was infatuated with her. He lavished money upon her and fitted up for her a gilded establishment on Pine street. He was then in good circum- stances, owning a saloon at 10th and Pine streets. The woman's constant demands | for money at last bankrupted Welsor, and | when he had nothing more to give her she i spurned him. A lucky turn of fortune ‘again set him up in business and the laison wae renewed. Again ghe spurned him when “is money was exhausted by her greed? Ft four years this w: the history of ‘ tagip Bye Weitot disappeared three | “ago. On August 4, . Welsor re- Tired to the aur learned that | Clementine had won a large sum in a lot-; tery, he went to her house and demanded | a portion of her lucky winnings. She laugh- | ed at him. It was her death knell. Like a | flash Welsor seized her by the hair and threw her on the floor. With one foot | Planted on her upturned face, he drew a | pistol and fired five bullets trate form. She lost conscio thinking she was dead Welsor fle1. He was arrested later. Clementine di next day, but signed a written ante-mor- | tem statement, reading: “Sam Welsor did | it! He killed me for my money! Do you hear? I say he killed me for my money.” This convicted him. ——— THE TRENTON DISPUTE. “No Quorum” Say Presidents of Re- publican a: Democratic Senates. TRENTON, N. J., Jan, 12.—Senator Rogers, president of the republican senate accompanied by Wilbur A. Mott, the sec- retary of that body, appeare] a: the state | house promptly at 10 o'clock th:s moruing. The report current last night that a plot had been formed to lock Senaiy> Skirm !n the senate chamber and count cim pre: with the democrats was -vlieved, which accounts for the coming of Rogers this morning all the way from Camien, being a holdover senator :t woull Jo the} democratic holdovers no 4020 to imprison | and do business with him. He vould not} be counted. Rogers knocked for admission at ihe sen- ate doors, and the democratic doo: er | inside opened the door for nim. Secretary | Mott and the United Press eportor slipped | into the chamebr at the same tine. ; The doorkeepers objected to Mott's pres- ence, but he declined to leave, on the} ground that at least as an ex-official ne was | entitled to the privilege of the = No effort was made to put him bly. President Rogers went to P ing officer's chair and Mott called the 1 President Rogers declased the absence a quorum, and added: “The senate dt adjourned until next Monday night at 3) He and Mott then left, President aa of the democratic senate arrived at 3 o'clock, and Journal Clerk Pintari called the roll for. him. i j “There being no quorum present,” raid Adrain, “ adjourned until tomorrow morning at 1 o’eluek.” President Adrain taen left the stare) house, and the democeatic sdoorkeevers | again locked the doors ot the cham: Attorney General Stockton informed the United Press reporter that be wouid prob- | ably send his opinion touchir Jezal | status of the two senates to . Werts at) his home in Jersey City tonighi. H ————>—_ LICENSE FOR THE FIGHT. Jacksonville Authorities Grant Per-' mission for the Contest. { JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 12.—City li-' censes were granted this morning for the} Perry-Watkins contest at the Park Opera | House Monday and for the Corbett-Mitchell ' on the 25th. Adjutant General Houston is still in the city, and rather disappointed over the re- suit of his conference with military ofil- cers. All of them have told the general that they are in favor of the fight, and that their men would be very reluctant w come out if ordered to oppose the tight, and that there would be trouble. The general says that other state troops can be bro.ght here, and will be if the governor considers it necessary. The Duval Club laugh at these threats of the governor, and say they ure all bun- combe and made for effect only. They pro- pose having the fight, they say, anyway, and if prevented at the arera at the iast | moment will pull it off at some point near Jacksonville. They claim that the governor | cannot bring troops here, and that such an/ act would be illegal. > ——_—— Belo to Us, | The cruiser Marblehead was formally turned over to the government yesterday ; at New York, and will be used for navai | purposes. Her final acc2ptance trial wiil take place within the next four months and all defects manifested during that period of probation will have to be cor- rected at the expense of the contractors. | j Washington for the | The Ss ! ident Cleveland's BUSINESS DEPRESSION. A Locomotive Manufacturer Ascribes It to Fears of Tarif! Changes. “It is no advantage to us that our yards are piled full of ‘free raw material’ if the act which produced raw material has also So stagnated business that we cannot work that material into a salable product,” was the remark of Mr. Robert J. Gross at the Arlington this morning. He is vice presi- dent of the Brooks locomotive works at Dunkirk, N, Y., a firm that has a capacity of turning out one finished locomotive each day. “We employ from 1,300 to 1,500 men in our business,” he continued. “Today we have thirty-four men at work. This state of affairs is occcasioned by the depression in business all over the country, which is due, in my opinion, to the fear of unfavora- ble changes in the tariff policy of the gov- ernment.” Mr. Gross, who says that he is not in purpose of advocating aod pt oa gen upon the materials enter- Ing into the construction of jocomotiv added that the tariff question does not on ter into the cost of locomotives, but it does affect the demand for them. The general cessation of 1a all over the country, with fect upon 4 branches of consequently hard throughout the land, reaching into every individual imter- est, has influenced nis business through other interests. The ratiroads are feeling the evil results, consequeatiy they are not ordering locomotives. This paralyzes the locomotive works, and they are not asing steel tubes and parts manufactured by other concerns, so that the latier, in their turn, experience a prooordon of the cffect. Mr. Gross has recen:} eturned trom an trip through northwes:. He said that the presidea:s of the reat rail- roads in the northwest report that not over 33 per cent of the crop of last year bas been moved. The oriinary tuyers of it have had no money with which to rer- chase. Consequently, the raitrowls have ex- perienced a proportioaate 1; & off ‘n cheir carrying trade. In a trip through the northern peninsule of Michigan, the great :ron fields, Mr. Gruss found that in one district wlone 22,00) jx ple are being fed by charity. Tay are Pe ple dependent upon the iron mines, and there is no work for tne men. ———————+o-+—____ SAME AS DEAD. aufacturing sts attendani ef. ousiuess, and u Regarding Liquor Licenses, That is an Insane Man's Position. A peculiar and interesting question in- volving the interpretation of a section of the new liquor license law was recently submitted to the attorney for the District | for his opinion. Briefly, the case was one where an appli- cant who operated under a liquor license last year became insane after filing his ap- plication this year. His wife appealed io the Commissioners to grant the license, promising to conduct the business herself in a satisfactory manner. The question was submitted to the attor- ney for his opinion, and today he reported as follows: “I have to say, the fourth section of the act of Congress, approved March 3, 1893, regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in this District, requires every applicant for a bar room license to state, among other things in his petition, ‘that he intends to superintend in person the managemen‘ the business licensed, and that, if so li- censed, he will so superintend in person the management of the business so licensed.’ The privilege to sell liquor, it wil. thus be seen, is a personal one. Ucense A wondl gaily be issued to an insane . Such a Person. it is unn to say, not only could personally manage usiness, but could not be held responsible tor violation of the license. In this case, the application is to be treated as though it had not be legally issued to an insan ‘The papers are herewith ved.” person. returned.” a aretha CAPITOL TOPICs. Against J, Seott Harrison. The Senate committee on commerce has | ordered an adverse report on the nomina- tion of J. Scott Harrison, brother of ex- Berges Harsisen, nominated December _—_ = surveyor of customs at Kan- te Bank Tax Repeal Postponed The House committee on banking and cur- rency decided at this morning's session to Postpone further consideration of the bill to repeal the 10 per cent tax until the tariff discussion ‘shail nave cloesa. eo Fourth-Class Postmasters, The total number of fourth-class post- | masters appointed today was sixty-three, of which thirty-nine were to fill vacancies caused by resignations and deaths. ——+-o+ | The Dolphin to Aasint. The Dolphin has arrived at New London to assist in the trial of the rT - somery on the 15th instant, esas —~s m The Entomological Sectety, At the meeting of the Entomological So- *. V. Riley,.on the subject, “Natural Se- lection as Applied to Longevity in Insects.” The address consisted of an elaborate sum- mary of the length of life with insects of different groups, and a discussion of the bearing of this summary upon the conclu- | sions reached by Weismann in his well- known essay on “The Duration of Lite.” Prof. Riley's conclusions were that length of life had been influenced by natural se- lection, as had structural peculiarities and aS s is custom: ve formal collation Tollonoa (Tage om ee ing, when the theme of the address further discussed under most enjoyable conditions. At the preceding meeting of the soci the following officers were elected for isos: President, Wm. H. Ashmead dents, C. L. Marlatt and Dr. Theodore Gill; recording secretary, L. 0. Howard; couresponding secretary, Frank Benton; treasurer, E. A. Schwarz; additional mem_ bers of executive committee, Dr. George Marx and Professors B. E. Fernow and C. V. Riley. eee ILE Ways and Menns Comatittee, K. of P. The ways and means committee, Richard | Goodhart, chairman, held a meeting last | night at the Pythian headquarters in the Warder building. it is the duty of this committee to attend to the soliciting and | collection ‘of contributions for the coming | Pythian encampment to be held here next | August. The meeting was well attended, and although tie committee has been or. ganized but a shoft tme the funds are | beginning to come in. The city has been | divided into districts and certain mem- | ; Vice presi- bers of the committee are detailed to So- licit an assigned district. The committee will hold its meetings every Thursday even- ing at the Pythian headquarters, when the returns of the solicitors will be made. ~~ A package of money amounting to $10,000 lying under the stove in the express car is what the train robbers did not get when they held up the Hannibal and St. Joseph | “Eli” train two miles east of St. Joseph | Wednesday night. The Paris ‘Te. Says it fears that Pres- | “upright and single-mind- , ed intentions toward Hawaii will be para- lyzed or frustrated by certain politicians.” The extra session of the Colorado leg.sia- ture will last until tomorrow at least, though the show for passing laws is very slight should the house refuse to accept the concurrent resolution of the senate. Am index to advertise- ments will be found om / Page 3. BY READY FOR WORK. A CONGRESSIONAL Resolutions Recommending State- hood for Territories Adopted. THE NEW SECRETARY. The executive committee of aH i Carson of this city, a member of al committee, was also invited to within the sacred precincts for a were several representatives of the of Republican Clubs. It was ‘ecited tolay to leave the matter of the selection of place for the permanent headquarte: the committee to be decided at a meeting. F a4 To Admit Utah to Statehood. At today’s session a resolution sented and adopted unanimously effect that “the admission of Utah to The present territory has the requisite num- ber of people to constitute a state—a people has nue and of right should conti to a temporary form of government, erated only pending the acquisition territory of sufficient population terial resources to support a state ment, and Whereas it is obvious that the Arizona, New Mexico and possessed of sufficient tion and gem an ear gove-nment, e tories now petition for admission dignity and privileges of statehood; Therefore, be it resolved, That it sense of this committee that a just for the right of our fellow citizens within said territories demands American principle of home rule ed to them by the admission of macies te Steheneee. RS At yesterday’s meeting Mr. Wir. of ‘Ohio was chosen secretary of the com- mittee to succeed Mr. Manley, i be to bes Fee i i ea ge il session until nearly presumably, with matters of che importance to the party. ——__ + e-—_____—_. POTTERS DINE. They Also Listen to a Number of Es- cellent After-Dinner Speeches. The delegates to the National Potters’ Association and their guests sat down to a banquet last evening at Willard proved to be enjoyable in a and oratorical sense. There of oratory, which was ligh' flashes of wit and was in’ earnestness of Representative Matne. who denounced free un-American spirit of those who such a system. He did not fail the attack “on a li HU ils flint i 1 ter in the country; Mr. Haynes of more, the vice $ . John the first president of the R. W. Taylor of non of Illinois, and of Maine. The sentiment was strongly tariff. i of a8 —— —-e- ——— HOP DONAHUE. His Appointment to Wheeling Bishop- rie Confirmed by the Pope. Cardinal Gibbons has received a cable- gram from Rome announcing the confirma- | tion by the pope of the appointment, by the propaganda, of Rev. P. J. Donahue of the Cathedral at Baltimore, as bishop of Wheeling, W. Va., in succession to the Most Rev. John J. Kain, promoted w the office of coadjutor archbishop of St. Louis. This appointment is of especial interest to this city, as, until recently, Rev. Mr. Donahue was a resident of this city. Be- fore entering priesthood he, for a number of years, practiced law in this city, where he was exceedingly well known. _ RUN DOWN THE FIRE ENGINE. juffale Grade BUFFALO, N. Y., 2.—Fire enxine No, 12 was run down by a switch enzme while going to a fire at tienesee rureet and the New York Central crossing about % o'clock this morniag. Driver Michael O'Brien was fatally mjured; Engineer Waa. Whalen and Fireman Kobers were cut 994 bruised. O'Brien's skull was fractured an@ both legs broken. He tied later Unis morme ing. The fire engine was and the horses killed.